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Test no. 1777

South Africa in Australia Test Series - 1st Test
Australia v South Africa

2005/06 season

Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, on 16,17,18,19,20 December 2005 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	c Smith b Ntini	37	136	89	6	0	41.57
	ML Hayden	c Rudolph b Ntini	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
	RT Ponting	lbw b Pollock	71	155	107	12	0	66.35
	BJ Hodge	c Boucher b Ntini	41	121	96	4	0	42.70
	MEK Hussey	c Langeveldt b Ntini	23	84	51	3	0	45.09
	A Symonds	b Nel	13	48	29	2	0	44.82
	AC Gilchrist	c Gibbs b Ntini	6	18	13	1	0	46.15
	SK Warne	lbw b Langeveldt	24	51	30	3	0	80.00
	B Lee	not out	19	48	29	4	0	65.51
	NW Bracken	c Boucher b Nel	10	11	11	2	0	90.90
	GD McGrath	c Boucher b Nel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 6)	14

	Total	(all out; 75.2 overs; 348 mins)	258	(3.42 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Hayden, 1.2 ov), 2-111 (Langer, 29.6 ov), 3-117 (Ponting, 36.2 ov), 4-180 (Hussey, 55.2 ov), 5-185 (Hodge, 57.5 ov), 6-199 (Gilchrist, 61.5 ov), 7-210 (Symonds, 65.6 ov), 8-243 (Warne, 72.4 ov), 9-258 (Bracken, 75.1 ov), 10-258 (McGrath, 75.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	19	6	46	1	2.42
M Ntini	19	3	64	5	3.36
CK Langeveldt	17	1	100	1	5.88	(6nb)
A Nel	17.2	3	29	3	1.67
JM Kemp	3	0	13	0	4.33	(2w)


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AB de Villiers	b Warne	68	166	109	10	0	62.38
	GC Smith	c Ponting b Bracken	34	91	65	5	0	52.30
	HH Gibbs	b Lee	21	58	43	4	0	48.83
	JA Rudolph	c Langer b Lee	8	35	28	1	0	28.57
	AG Prince	lbw b Warne	28	102	79	2	0	35.44
	JM Kemp	c Hodge b McGrath	7	44	29	1	0	24.13
	MV Boucher	c Hayden b Warne	62	115	77	7	0	80.51
	SM Pollock	b Lee	34	52	35	6	0	97.14
	A Nel	not out	4	38	20	0	0	20.00
	CK Langeveldt	lbw b Lee	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	M Ntini	c Hodge b Lee	12	8	10	2	0	120.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 12)	18

	Total	(all out; 81.2 overs; 364 mins)	296	(3.63 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-83 (Smith, 19.4 ov), 2-127 (Gibbs, 33.4 ov), 3-135 (de Villiers, 36.6 ov), 4-145 (Rudolph, 41.5 ov), 5-167 (Kemp, 51.6 ov), 6-187 (Prince, 60.4 ov), 7-264 (Pollock, 73.3 ov), 8-282 (Boucher, 78.6 ov), 9-283 (Langeveldt, 79.3 ov), 10-296 (Ntini, 81.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	18	3	59	1	3.27
B Lee	22.2	1	93	5	4.16	(8nb)
NW Bracken	12	3	46	1	3.83
SK Warne	29	4	92	3	3.17


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	b Pollock	47	180	114	8	0	41.22
	ML Hayden	c Boucher b Langeveldt	20	43	33	5	0	60.60
	B Lee	lbw b Langeveldt	32	62	53	4	0	60.37
	RT Ponting	c Boucher b Ntini	53	161	106	4	0	50.00
	BJ Hodge	not out	203	469	332	22	0	61.14
	MEK Hussey	c Boucher b Pollock	58	172	121	8	0	47.93
	A Symonds	c Gibbs b Langeveldt	25	79	49	4	0	51.02
	AC Gilchrist	c Rudolph b Nel	44	68	58	4	0	75.86
	SK Warne	lbw b Kemp	5	6	7	1	0	71.42
	NW Bracken	not out	14	46	24	1	0	58.33
	Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 17)	27

	Total	(8 wickets dec; 146.4 overs; 651 mins)	528	(3.60 runs per over)

Did not bat GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-37 (Hayden, 10.3 ov), 2-86 (Lee, 24.4 ov), 3-129 (Langer, 40.2 ov), 4-184 (Ponting, 61.1 ov), 5-316 (Hussey, 100.4 ov), 6-377 (Symonds, 118.2 ov), 7-444 (Gilchrist, 134.2 ov), 8-451 (Warne, 135.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	36	6	98	2	2.72	(6nb)
M Ntini	34	8	113	1	3.32
CK Langeveldt	31	3	117	3	3.77	(8nb)
A Nel	28	2	104	1	3.71	(1w)
JA Rudolph	6.4	1	29	0	4.35
JM Kemp	11	0	58	1	5.27	(3nb)


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 491 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith	lbw b Bracken	30	100	65	4	0	46.15
	AB de Villiers	c Hodge b Warne	12	76	57	2	0	21.05
	HH Gibbs	c Warne b Lee	33	129	104	5	0	31.73
	JA Rudolph	not out	102	431	283	13	0	36.04
	AG Prince	lbw b Warne	8	55	45	1	0	17.77
	JM Kemp	c Ponting b Warne	55	213	166	9	0	33.13
	MV Boucher	not out	13	52	39	2	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 18, lb 13, nb 3)	34

	Total	(5 wickets; 126 overs; 533 mins)	287	(2.27 runs per over)

Did not bat SM Pollock, CK Langeveldt, A Nel, M Ntini

Fall of wickets1-35 (de Villiers, 17.3 ov), 2-55 (Smith, 22.4 ov), 3-109 (Gibbs, 48.3 ov), 4-138 (Prince, 61.5 ov), 5-250 (Kemp, 113.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	24	11	39	0	1.62	(1nb)
B Lee	31	9	83	1	2.67	(2nb)
SK Warne	47	21	83	3	1.76
NW Bracken	19	5	37	1	1.94
A Symonds	3	0	6	0	2.00
BJ Hodge	2	0	8	0	4.00

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Player of the match BJ Hodge (Australia)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire DJ Harper
Match referee BC Broad (England)

Close of play
16 Dec day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 38/0 (AB de Villiers 14*, GC Smith 18*, 7 ov)
17 Dec day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 38/1 (JL Langer 15*, B Lee 0*, 11 ov)
18 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 310/4 (BJ Hodge 91*, MEK Hussey 54*, 99 ov)
19 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 85/2 (HH Gibbs 17*, JA Rudolph 18*, 36 ov)
20 Dec day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 287/5 (126 ov) - end of match

Match notes

4th Umpire - IH Lock

Day 1
Drinks: Australia - 48/1 in 13.0 overs (JL Langer 10, RT Ponting 34)
Australia: 50 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 4
RT Ponting: 50 off 68 balls (9 x 4)
Lunch: Australia - 96/1 in 26.0 overs (JL Langer 33, RT Ponting 57)
Australia: 100 runs in 27.1 overs (164 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Australia - 126/3 in 40.0 overs (BJ Hodge 11, MEK Hussey 1)
Australia: 150 runs in 46.1 overs (279 balls), Extras 7
Tea: Australia - 175/3 in 53.0 overs (BJ Hodge 37, MEK Hussey 20)
Australia: 200 runs in 62.6 overs (377 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: Australia - 225/7 in 70.0 overs (SK Warne 11, B Lee 10)
Australia: 250 runs in 75.1 overs (453 balls), Extras 14
End Of Day: South Africa - 38/0 in 7.0 overs (AB de Villiers 14, GC Smith 18)

Day 2
South Africa: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (69 balls), Extras 6
AB de Villiers: 50 off 68 balls (8 x 4)
South Africa: 100 runs in 24.1 overs (150 balls), Extras 10
Lunch: South Africa - 128/2 in 35.0 overs (AB de Villiers 63, JA Rudolph 0)
South Africa: 150 runs in 44.3 overs (274 balls), Extras 12
Drinks: South Africa - 155/4 in 48.0 overs (AG Prince 11, JM Kemp 1)
Tea: South Africa - 189/6 in 62.0 overs (MV Boucher 9, SM Pollock 1)
South Africa: 200 runs in 63.5 overs (390 balls), Extras 13
South Africa: 250 runs in 71.6 overs (439 balls), Extras 17
MV Boucher: 50 off 61 balls (6 x 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 270/7 in 76.0 overs (MV Boucher 52, A Nel 1)

Day 3
Australia: 50 runs in 15.6 overs (99 balls), Extras 3
Australia: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (189 balls), Extras 7
Lunch: Australia - 120/2 in 38.0 overs (JL Langer 43, RT Ponting 18)
Australia: 150 runs in 49.2 overs (303 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: Australia - 154/3 in 51.0 overs (RT Ponting 33, BJ Hodge 14)
RT Ponting: 50 off 102 balls (4 x 4)
Tea: Australia - 185/4 in 65.0 overs (BJ Hodge 22, MEK Hussey 1)
Australia: 200 runs in 70.5 overs (433 balls), Extras 10
BJ Hodge: 50 off 129 balls (4 x 4)
Drinks: Australia - 241/4 in 81.0 overs (BJ Hodge 50, MEK Hussey 29)
New Ball Taken: Australia 246/4 after 82.1 overs (BJ Hodge 0, MEK Hussey 0)
Australia: 250 runs in 85.1 overs (522 balls), Extras 13
Australia: 300 runs in 97.2 overs (595 balls), Extras 13
MEK Hussey: 50 off 111 balls (6 x 4)

Day 4
BJ Hodge: 100 off 198 balls (10 x 4)
Australia: 350 runs in 111.4 overs (682 balls), Extras 14
Drinks: Australia - 352/5 in 112.0 overs (BJ Hodge 110, A Symonds 18)
Australia: 400 runs in 124.1 overs (759 balls), Extras 16
Lunch: Australia - 401/6 in 125.0 overs (BJ Hodge 139, AC Gilchrist 11)
BJ Hodge: 150 off 289 balls (16 x 4)
Australia: 450 runs in 135.3 overs (828 balls), Extras 17
Drinks: Australia - 469/8 in 139.0 overs (BJ Hodge 160, NW Bracken 6)
Australia: 500 runs in 142.3 overs (871 balls), Extras 24
BJ Hodge: 200 off 332 balls (22 x 4)
Tea: Australia - 528/8 decl in 146.4 overs (BJ Hodge 203, NW Bracken 14)
Drinks: South Africa - 29/0 in 14.0 overs (GC Smith 19, AB de Villiers 7)
South Africa: 50 runs in 21.6 overs (133 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: South Africa - 59/2 in 28.0 overs (HH Gibbs 11, JA Rudolph 3)

Day 5
South Africa: 100 runs in 46.3 overs (281 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: South Africa - 116/3 in 51.0 overs (JA Rudolph 28, AG Prince 3)
Lunch: South Africa - 140/4 in 65.0 overs (JA Rudolph 40, JM Kemp 1)
South Africa: 150 runs in 70.2 overs (424 balls), Extras 17
JA Rudolph: 50 off 150 balls (7 x 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 166/4 in 80.0 overs (JA Rudolph 53, JM Kemp 13)
New Ball Taken: South Africa 178/4 after 85.1 overs (JA Rudolph 0, JM Kemp 0)
Tea: South Africa - 190/4 in 93.0 overs (JA Rudolph 60, JM Kemp 27)
South Africa: 200 runs in 94.2 overs (568 balls), Extras 20
JM Kemp: 50 off 143 balls (8 x 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 246/4 in 108.0 overs (JA Rudolph 80, JM Kemp 54)
South Africa: 250 runs in 112.3 overs (677 balls), Extras 29
JA Rudolph: 100 off 268 balls (13 x 4)

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